How to Live Long and a Veteran’s Letter
A letter to The Times from L B Duncan asserts long life from two meals daily and moderate drinking. He and his family reportedly smoked cigars heavily yet avoided spirits. Duncan says he smoked ten to twelve cigars daily though claims only one year of smoking in his life and limited champagne consumption on four occasions.
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L. B. Duncan
Times
Afr. Duncan
the Globe
Duncan
Omions
Tommy
Ben Hur
Acquarium
Galt
Cinematograph
Corp
Teoh Bab
Malay Peninsula
Ebe
Gratis
Sendai
Peculiar Suit Over Wrongful Belief of Death
Goldblatt a keane jeweller sues his physician for 15000 alleging the doctor misdiagnosed stomach cancer. He sold his jewellery business at a sacrifice to cash out wealth, expecting death, and waited to claim death benefits. After seeking other opinions, he learned he was not ill.
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Goldblatt
Keane
Wall
Honco
Perfume as Anesthetic Breakthrough Reported
The New York Herald notes perfume and orange peel essence can render ether anesthesia less feared. A three-bottle apparatus vaporizes a two gram orange essence with ether to induce a partial hypnotic state before unconsciousness. The method, developed by a New York physician, aims to reduce patient dread of surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Herald
Sunny Poraona
Menun
New York
Hints to Bridegrooms at the Altar
Advice to grooms waiting at the altar urges calm facial and hand control avoid gawking at guests or the doorway and not rushing ahead of the bride. It counsels natural greetings, modest reactions, and not preaching to unmarried friends or flaunting the marriage on the wedding journey.
Long Locks of a Party Favorite Fade After Defeats
The story recalls Ebesexor Henderson a Democrat bachelor who kept his thirty six inches of hair until political defeats forced a haircut. He vowed not to cut until a Democrat won the White House, delaying the trim through multiple election losses before finally getting shorn in Bellevus after Wilson’s election.
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Ebesexor Henderson
Mi Beny
Henderson
White House
Bryan
Handerson
Rye Henderson
Wilson
Bellevus
Fashion and Zoo Wonders From A Distant Museum Ride
The article surveys fashion trends with affordable millinery and tailored coats in rich fabrics, noting belt styles and skirt details. It shifts to a zoo visit highlighting Ben Hur’s camel, the aquarium, carnivora exhibits, and a Condor whose solitary gaze reveals a life of distant skies and past adventures.
Newark Edict Requires Male Teachers to Learn Sewing
An order from Newark New Jersey education officials compels male teachers to learn sewing or hire women to instruct. Despite prior bowing practice, the board rules the effort must be completed, with forty lessons planned, as male teachers must master plain and fancy sewing or face replacement by women instructors.
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Newark
New Jersey
Newark Schoula
Board of Education
Prince of Wales Education At University Nearing End
The Prince of Wales completes his first university term this week with broad approval. The Pall Mall Gazette notes his solid grounding and compares his progress favorably to the forced cramming once associated with royal schooling, a respect echoed by Punch’s witty remark on the era’s education pressures.
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Prince of Wales
Edward
Tennyson’s Smoky Visitor Banned From Plymouth Visit
In Mrs Wallford’s Recollections a tale says the poet Alfred Lord Tennyson insisted on smoking in his bedroom during a Plymouth visit. The old lady refused, citing safety and propriety, and ordered his carriage to take him back to his hotel. He returned next morning for breakfast.
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Mr. Toonyson
Plymouth
Old-Time Toasts and Civic Unity Across Differences
A fragmentary verse toast asks for harmony between religion and liberty and urges friendship despite differences. Lines praise upright morals, enduring friendship, charitable riches, and mutual respect across social divides while invoking polite sentiment and reconciliation.
With Half a Brain During Swedish Maneuvers
During Swedish maneuvers soldier Blomquist received a head wound. Half of his brain was removed after a comrade’s accident. He recovered enough to return to service but lost reading and writing abilities. Discharged, he became the subject of study by doctors who trained him. He receives a pension and £50 yearly from a learned society keeping him under observation.
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Blomquist
Oldest locomotive driver dies at 97 in Bristol
Richard Cowell, claimed to be Britain's oldest locomotive driver, died at 96 or 97 in Bristol. Born in 1816, he began on Brunton and Shields line at age 12 and later drove on the Great Western Railway from 1541 to 1873, recalling the Prince Consort and the Duke of Wellington journeys as he estimated four million miles traveled by train.
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Bristol
Richard Cowell
Brunton and
Shields
Darlington
Gateshead
Great Western Railway
London
Slough
Duke of Wellington
King
Drinking at meals water and digestion debunked
Montreal Star reports experiments on college students showing that drinking no water at meals led to weight loss and headaches while drinking a quart per meal resulted in weight gain and fewer digestion issues. The study notes minimal digestive problems among those who drank freely between meals.
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Montreal
New Zealand Insurance Company Opens New Sydney Headquarters
An Australasian institution celebrates the completion of its Teal Pitt Street Sydney offices between Bridge and Hunter streets. The New Zealand Insurance Company, founded in Auckland in 1950, moved fire marine and accident business to the new premises under J. A. Minnett and D Arcy. The firm promotes strength, liberal rates, and prompt service for country business men and residents.
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New Zealand Insurance Coy
Pitt St
Sydney
Bridge Street
Hunter Street
A.M.P
J. A. Minett
A. BE
New Zealand Accident Company
D'Arcy
Pitt Street
Commonwealth of New Zealand
New Zealand Insurance Company
Auckland
of. A. Minnett
Angue Smith
Manner
New Zealand Accident Day
Mr. D'Arcy
Minnett
New Zealand Insurance Cay
Record Wheat Yield Breaks Historic Price Peak
A Cambridge farmer’s wheat crop, using new Cambridge University seed, yields 770 bushels sold for £1,606 excluding straw. Similar high outputs noted for W. R. Elgar of Canterbury and Glasier of Winterton, with French wheat varieties cited. Overall, yields of forty to sixty times seed show extraordinary returns.
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Saya
London ‘‘ Daily Mail
W. R. Elgar
Canterbury Farmers’ Club
Cambridge University School of Agriculture
The
Daily Mail
Glazier
Winterton
Doncaster
Cambridge
Untutored Savage Meets Train of Thought on The Seaport
A fragmented historical clipping shows a seaport scene where a woman challenges a Chinese deckhand with English sparring, then shifts to a reflective blend of quotes from Bishop Hall and Henry Ward Beecher. The text also includes stray lines about education, virtue, and a muddled exchange about love and a character named Jack, with misspelled captions signaling a dated, garbled page.
Alive in Worthing: John George Hollway Dies at Ninety
John George Hollway, once a second in the famed Tom Brown vs Blogger Williams fight, died at Worthing in his ninetieth year. He stood with Tom Hughes at Rugby and, in an interview, claimed Hughes was the Yankee Slogger Williams. The Very Rev Chancellor Bulkeley Owen Jones now resides at Degauwy, North Wales.
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John George Hollway
Tom Brown
Williams
Worthing
Augustua Orlebar
Hollway
Tom Hughes
Ughes
Jan Uke
Ree Fe
Bulkeley Owen Jones
Degauwy
North Wales
Scratch Removal for Glass Pasted From Old Bulletin
Instructions describe making a putty powder paste with water to rub scratches from glass using felt or leather. Rouge can substitute for putty but is hard to obtain in small amounts. Experiments with spirits and oils for speed leave blooms or stains on the glass.
Burial With My Dog Inheritance Debate Stirs Briton
Estate valued at £531,810. James Griffith Dearden, 73, of Rochdale and Northamptonshire, wills cremation and interment with his dog Pompey at the same grave. Executors warned that if his remains or the dog are moved within 100 years, property rights may be affected.
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James Griffith Dearden
Orchard
Rochdale
Walcot House
Northamptonshire
Pompey
Southorpe
Stamford
Disillusioned legatee in Holland legacy shock
A Peterborough resident traveled to Oostbury Holland believing he would receive £1000 from a will. He learned 54 relatives were competing and his portion was only £8 6d.
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Holland
Peterborough
Oostbury
Death at 109 in Dundrum lodgekeeper Mary Pryden
Mary Pryden, long time lodgekeeper at Frankfort Dundrum near Dublin, died aged 109. She celebrated her 109th birthday last June with a chop and potatoes. Her simple life, hard work and fresh air were cited as the recipe for longevity. She advised others to pursue a simple, active lifestyle.
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Mary Pryden
Frankfort
Dundrum
Dublin
Refusal prompts banter on wealth and toil
A dialogue contrasts wealth and poverty with sharp lines. He muses that riches might change responses, while she counters with a defiant exchange. The scene ends with a burlesque image of faith as a bald man buying hair-restorer, implying satire of appearances.
A Cutting Remark in a Tramp and Butcher Exchange
A tramp heckles a butcher with a quip on having cuts to suit all purses. The butcher confirms, prompting the tramp to mock that he has none to fit an empty purse. The reply from the butcher is cut off.
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Dyer
Butcher
Scotsman and American Spar Over Washington Veiled Accent
A fragment recalls a Scotsman and an American debating George Washington's manner, with the Scot remarking on Washington’s speech and the American insisting he spoke through his nose like others. The passage captures a humorous exchange about national speech patterns.
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America
George Washington
A Home Industry Inquiry About a Former Servant
Mr Villiers wonders how his former servant earns a living now. The Moses Ledo manager of a laundry is questioned about the laundry's name as the exchange reveals a puzzled inquiry into his livelihood.
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Mr. Villiers
Ang Dim
Moses
Ledo
Not What They Expected A Fragment From A Moral Tale
Fragmentary OCR of a period dialogue featuring named individuals Casey and Prank. The text mixes casual banter, birthday references, and social observations about honesty and manners. The readable portions suggest a fragmented scene in a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper page.
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Re el Ma
Univ
Ants
Qeni’s
Gydrassie
John Danks & Son Prop’'Ty Ltd., Ltd
Glackfriers, Law
Gahad Nickel
Bruce & Walsh
Thee
Sursrisiang Price Jewellers
George ST
Victor Ttaiz
Chub
Campbethswn
Smden Grammar School
Narellan
Commercial & University
Blue Bird
Sydney Zoo
Rome
Mort
Waterina
Yashion
Witegestivatoews
Dala
Christman
Enater
By Val
Tennyson and Tobacco
Gees
Science Progress
Henss
Thayer
Seaport
Yale
China
Bishop Hall
Henry Ward Beecher
Svein
Ghe
Tom Browns
Legathe
Our
Casey Waa & Fellow
Casey
Flaherty
Bho
Paty
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